Power

While the power distribution segment has witnessed significant growth over the past few years, it continues to face challenges such as high aggregate technical and commercial (AT&C) losses, low revenue collection, high level of cross-subsidies, […]

During the past 12 months, the key focus areas of policy and regulatory developments in the power sector have broadly pertained to easing stress in the thermal power segment, promoting electric vehicles (EVs), managing renewable […]

With thermal power plants facing a demand crunch and discoms not signing power purchase agreements (PPAs) beyond their baseload, the short-term power trading market has emerged as a necessary mechanism in recent years for sellers […]

In the past year, the power sector has witnessed significant achievements, the most notable being the near 100 per cent household electrification under the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya). The performance of […]

After maintaining a strong momentum for many years, the power sector witnessed a fizzling out of conventional generation capacity addition in 2018-19. The thermal segment added only about 5,782 MW of capacity in 2018-19 as […]

Power generation recorded a compound annual growth rate of 5.66 per cent to reach 1,244,930 MUs in 2018-19 from 717,894 MUs in 2008-09. Thermal generation accounted for 86 per cent of the total in 2018-19, […]

The national plant load factor (PLF) registered a marginal improvement from 59.91 per cent in 2017-18 to 61.07 per cent in 2018-19. Across the central, state and private sectors, PLFs have been showing a decline […]

Capacity addition by renewable energy sources continues to outpace that by conventional sources. In 2017-18, about 11,788 MW of renewable energy capacity was added while capacity addition by conventional sources including thermal and hydro stood […]

The renewable energy segment has seen remarkable developments over the past few years, driven by the government’s efforts to create a conducive policy and regulatory environment. The segment has been further aided by a sharp […]

Captive power plants (CPPs) continue to be a viable option for industrial and commercial consumers to meet their energy demand and hedge against the risks of high grid power tariffs. Further, the quality of grid […]

India’s power transmission segment is growing at an unprecedented pace, mainly due to the thrust provided by the recent policy and regulatory developments as well as government initiatives. The pace of expansion is expected to […]

The performance of the power distribution segment has improved gradually over the past few years but still much remains to be done. The aggregate financial losses of discoms reduced from Rs 561 billion in 2012-13 […]

Power trading has come a long way since it was recognised as a distinct activity in the Electricity Act, 2003. Conventionally, discoms sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) with developers to meet their baseload requirements. However, […]

Over the past couple of years, several government schemes have been introduced in the power sector with the aim of ensuring 24×7 quality and reliable power supply to all. The latest among these is the […]

During the past couple of years, equipment orders from the generation segment have remained muted. According to industry estimates, equipment orders for projects aggregating to 6.36 GW were placed in 2017-18, declining from 10.26 GW […]

The past year was marked by significant activity by players across the power generation, transmission and distribution segments. In the generation segment, NTPC Limited and NHPC Limited emerged as the top performers adding the highest […]

The need for a flexible, resilient and intelligent grid is becoming a priority for policymakers. With the future power system being required to deal with new challenges such as a greater influx of renewable energy, […]